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Freedom for Faith Foundation

Madison, OH · EIN 46-1607089. Reported 80 grants totalling $209,779 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$209,779granted, 2021-2024
52organizations funded
32%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,840,011assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Freedom for Faith Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $85 and the largest $17,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
57 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
10 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZ$23,000222024
40 Days for LifeBryan, TX$14,500332024
Heartbeat InternationalTampa, FL$14,000222024
Family Research CouncilWashington, DC$13,000222024
CompassionBryan, OH$10,000222024
Life Legal Defense FdnNapa, CA$10,000332024
Living on the EdgeProvidence, RI$9,000222024
D James Kennedy MinistriesBoca Raton, FL$8,500332024
Feed the HungryRichardson, TX$8,000222022
American Cornerstone InstituteWashington, DC$7,000222024
American Family AssocTupelo, MS$7,000222022
The City MissionFindlay, OH$6,000222024
Saving MosesCentennial, CO$5,500332024
Care NetLansdowne, VA$5,000112021
Created EqualColumbus, OH$5,000222024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$5,000222024
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$5,000222024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$5,000112021
Billy Graham Evangelistic AssocCharlotte, NC$4,500222024
American Bible SocietyPhiladelphia, PA$3,500222022
BiblicaColorado Springs, CO$3,000222022
Feed the ChildrenSan Francisco, CA$3,000222022
Food for the PoorCoconut Creek, FL$3,000222022
Jewish Voice MinistriesPhoenix, AZ$3,000222022
Project Hope for HomelessPainesville, OH$2,010112021
Bibles for the WorldColorado Springs, CO$2,000112021
First Liberty InstPlano, TX$2,000112021
Life OutreachFort Pierce, FL$2,000222022
Students for LifeFredericksburg, VA$2,000112021
Wycliffe AssnOrlando, FL$1,500222022
Turning PointLakeside, CA$1,084112022
Bible League IntlCrete, IL$1,000112021
CareAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Center for Med ProgressIrvine, CA$1,000112021
Deepwood FdnMentor, OH$1,000112021
Greater Cleveland Food BankCleveland, OH$1,000112021
Jerusalem Prayer Team Int'lColleyville, TX$1,000112022
Jews for JesusSan Francisco, CA$1,000112021
Lamb & Lion MinistriesMckinney, TX$1,000112021
Madison Food CtrMadison, OH$1,000112021
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$1,000112021
Sat 7Easton, MD$1,000112021
St Judes Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112022
Thomas Moore SocietyChicago, IL$1,000112021
UnicefNew York, NY$1,000112022
American Leprosy MissionsGeneral Fund, IN$500112022
Corrie Ten Boom FellowshipColleyville, TX$500112021
Live ActionSan Jose, CA$500112021
McmaLondon, OH$500112021
Susan B Anthony ListArlington, VA$500112021
Faith and FreedomFargo, ND$100112021
Tct MinistriesMarion, IL$85112021

24 of 52 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 32%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
8 grants
Education
6 grants
Civil Rights
6 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Environment
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202141$73,195$1,000
202224$29,584$1,000
202415$107,000$6,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 14% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$29K
Texas
$27K
Ohio
$27K
Arizona
$26K
District of Columbia
$25K
California
$17K
Colorado
$10K
North Carolina
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc11 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Freedom for Faith Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 40, Madison, OH, 44057. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 46-1607089 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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